Washing-machine.



No. 853,162. PATEN'TE.D MAY 7, 1907. v I I. N. GONNELL.

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WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 3, 1906. S rial N 341,846

Patented May 7, 1907.

T ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAo N. CONNELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Baileys Mills, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Washing-Machine, of which the-following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a washing machine which is simple in construction, effective in operation and durable in use, adapted to be handled by the most unskilled person without injuring the fabrics contained therein, and capable of being operated with the least possible strength and ex ertion. Such objects I accomplish by the. means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention; Fig; 2 is a central vertical section of the same; Fig. 3 is a plan view of an agitating disk detached; Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the line 44 of Fig.

2; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a bearing block detached.

As illustrated in the drawings, a receptacle 1 preferably having flaring sides is provided with a cover 2, which may be of any desired construction, although I prefer to construct such parts of galvanized metal. A bearing block 3 is secured to the lower portion of the receptacle 1,'and may consist of a split ring, as shown in Fig. 5, or a block'of any suitable construction. A semi-circular bearing plate 4 is attached to the upper end of the bearing block 3, and provided with an inner edge 4* which projects beyond the inner'edge 3 of the bearing block 3. The projecting edge 4 of the bearing plate 4 engages an annular groove 5 formed on the vertical shaft 5,

which extends up through the central portion of the-receptacle 1 and the cover 2, with its lower end supported on. thebearing plate 4 which forms a bearing sufficiently strong for said shaft, with a minimum amount of friction. A head 6 provided with wearing plates 6 is secured to the lower end of the shaft 5 by means of a key 5",, and is provided with projections of any suitable character, preferably staples 8 arranged on opposite sides of the shaft 5. The staples 8 project into corresponding recesses 9 formed on the'upper surface of the agitating disk 9, so as to rotate said disk with the shaft 5 and at the same time allow the disk to be raised out of 'engagement with said projections or staples, and thereby removed from the shaft 5, as desired.

Sleeves 10 are mounted upon the shaft 5 and adapted to rotate freely on the shaft, so that the fabrics contained within the receptacle'when agitated will not wind around the shaft. These sleeves 10 are made in sections of any suitable length so as to be applied in the desired number to the shaft 5, and thereby support anidle disk 1'1 above the agitator 9 at the desired elevation. The idle disk 11 is provided with a hub 12 of any suitable construction, having a bearing on theshaft 5. The outer portion of the disk 11 is provided with a handle 13, which projects up through an arc slot 2 formed in the cover 2. The cover 2 is also provided with a central bearing 2 for the shaft 5 adapted to serve also as a bearing for the hub 1.4 of a wheel 14, which is mounted upon the upper end of said shaft, and secured thereon by means of a spring key 15 passing through a suitable aperture formed in the end of the shaft 5. The agitating disk 9 and idle disk 11 are provided with friction ribs and alternating depressions, which may be of any suitable construction. I prefer, however, to provide said disks with radial ribs 9' and 11 respectively, which are made of a height sufficient to obtain a light hold on the fabrics when desired, and yet sufficient to allow the fabrics to slide across the surface of the disks without catching or binding thereon.

When the device is in use the wheel 14 is first removed from the shaft 5 by unloosening the spring key 15, and the cover 2 detached from the top of the receptacle. The disk 1.1 may then be removed from the shaft 5, and the fabrics inserted within the receptacle on the upper surface of the agitating plate 9. The upper disk is preferably arranged above the fabrics so as to leave a space between the fabric and the under sidev of the disk 11. The disk 11 is not intended to rub the clothes, but simply to be reciprocated on the shaft 5 so as to loosen the fabric and prevent them from becoming packed together, so that when the agitating disk 9 carrying the clothes is rotated in its bearing, the centrifugal action of the disk and clothes forces the water upward through the clothes and against the under side of the. disk 11. The disk 9 is adapted to be readily removed from the interior of the receptacle by means of staples 9 adapted to serve as handles for IIO that purpose. The disk 9, moreover, is sup ported upon the block 3 and head 6, so as to space said disk from the bottom of the receptacle, and allow the water to circulate freely beneath the fabrics supported on said disk.

In the construction herein shown and described, the disk 9 is not used or designed as a rubbing surface, but simply as a carrier and agitator adapted to support the fabric and force the water up through the fabric, thereby thoroughly cleansing fabrics of all kinds, from the coarsest to the finest.

Having thus described 'my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a receptacle having a rotatable shaft journaled thereon, of an agitating disk. fixedly secured to said shaft and provided withradial ribs, a disk loosely journaled on said shaft and provided with a handle extending out of said receptacle, and detachable supporting sleeves mounted on said shaft between said disks.

2. The combination with a receptacle having a cover provided with an arc slot, of a shaft journaled within said receptacle, a head fixedly secured to said shaft, an agitating disk provided with radial ribs mounted on said shaft and detachably connected with said head, a disk provided with radial ribs journ'aled loosely on said shaft and provided with a handle adapted to travel in the slot of said cover, and sleeves mounted on said shaft between said disks.

3. The combination with a receptacle having a rotatable shaft journaled therein, of up per and lower disks provided with radial ribs, and spacing sleeves mounted on said shaft between said plates.

4. The combination with a receptacle having a rotatable shaft journaled thereon, of an agitating disk fixedly secured to said shaft and provided with radial ribs, a disk loosely journaled on said shaft, means adapted to reciprocate said last named disk on said shaft, and detachable adjusting members mounted on said shaft between said disks.

two subscribing witnesses.

ISAAC N. CONNELL. Witnesses:

S. F. MCBURNEY, THOMAS M. JOHNSON. 

